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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1847, 31 July 1907, Page 24

Fourpenny red-on-orange stamps of the Transvaal, issued during the Bnußli occupation of 1877, fetched £4O at a recent auction. , , ' , - The accuracy attained by the use of the theodolite in measuring mountains is extraordinary. Ben-Macdhui %vas calculated to be 4295.6 ft, and this result, when checked, was right within Lin-